Integrated health system Henry Ford has selected Royal Philips for its predictive analytics engine CareSage to manage their patient populations by proactively identifying at-risk patients most likely to need an emergency transport in the next 30 days, helping prevent avoidable hospitalizations. According to reports, 57% of Medicare patients are released without any direct monitoring by a healthcare professional. To resolve this, CareSage provides analysis of real-time and historical data from
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Patient Engagement Company Premise Health Acquires IMWell Health
Brentwood, TN-based Premise Health, a worksite health and patient engagement company has acquired IMWell Health, a Fort Smith, Arkansas-based company that specializes in primary care clinics for mid-size companies and municipalities. The acquisition will help accelerate Premise Health's strategic expansion to improve the cost and quality of employer health care. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
Spun out of the merger of CHS Health Services and Take Care Employer
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Doc Halo Unveils Enterprise-Wide Scheduling and Messaging System Halo Pronto
Secure texting and HIPAA-compliant app Doc Halo, today unveil Halo Pronto™, the industry's first-ever enterprise-wide scheduling and messaging system. The newest feature is now available as part of the Halo Mobile Health Platform will allow clinical providers to:
- Access enterprise-wide schedules with up-to-the-minute accuracy.
- Instantly find on-call providers anywhere in the health system and message them immediately.
- Activate critical-care teams (Code, STEMI and Stroke
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New Partnership Allows Pharmacy Patients To Receive Digital Coupons for Meds
Mobile pharmacy platform mscripts and McKesson Patient Relationship Solutions (MPRS), a provider of pharmaceutical manufacturer-sponsored patient adherence programs are entering an exclusive partnership dedicated to empowering patients with medication cost-savings and personalized adherence support to better manage their health.
Unlike current in-market mobile coupon messaging that is delivered directly from the pharmaceutical manufacturer, this new-to-market solution allows
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MercyRockford Health Selects Premier for Supply Chain
MercyRockford Health System, a vertically-integrated regional health system with five hospitals and 561 W-2 employed physician partners in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin, has partnered with Premier, Inc., a healthcare improvement company, for group purchasing and expense reduction services on a system-wide basis. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
Formed in January 2015 through the merger of Mercy Health System and Rockford Health System, MercyRockford also operates
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Safety & Security Challenges of Connected Medical Devices
Infographic created by TÜV SÜD looks at the safety/security challenges that manufacturers of connected medical devices now face, from the mass exposure of medical records to the sinister hacking of a patients' pacemaker.
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3 Ways Care Teams are Transforming Healthcare Delivery
When it comes to the changing health status of patients after acute episodes and between visits, uncertainty abounds. Until now, care teams have had little to no visibility into the health of their populations, severely limiting their ability to prevent adverse health events before costs spiral.
This week, care management and patient engagement platform RoundingWell released initial insights uncovered from analysis of data gathered directly from patient populations and care teams using the
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Humana Joins Sensor, Big Data-Driven Collaboration to Reduce Asthma in Louisville
Humana is the latest local employer to join AIR Louisville, a new approach to improving asthma that leverages sensors, big data, and community collaboration.
AIR Louisville is a grant-funded program designed to reduce the burden of asthma inLouisville, Kentucky, a city consistently ranked as one of the most challenging in the US for people with asthma. The program aligns to Humana's local strategy to address respiratory illness among its employees and members.
Dr. Rae Godsey, DO, the
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Patient Navigation: 5 Steps for Fixing the Most Dangerous Communication Problem in Hospitals
A recent study documented what healthcare professionals have suspected for years: that communication breaks down somewhere between hospital discharge and outpatient follow-up. At best, it was unclear who was responsible for post-discharge testing or home healthcare. At worst, primary care physicians didn’t know their patients had been admitted at all.
With nearly 80 percent of serious medical errors involving miscommunication during patient transfers, it’s time to close this dangerous
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Health App Maker Azumio, Human API Integrate to Share Health, Lab, Diagnostic Data
Palo Alto-based Azumio, a provider of consumer health and fitness apps is launching a new integration with Human API. This partnership will allow users to unify all their key health and fitness data by importing it to their most popular app, Argus, from hundreds of new devices and apps. This new functionality is powered by the Human API data platform, the fastest growing network of health and wellness data from labs, clinics, devices, and apps.
Argus users to share and unify health
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